Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.

People in business understand paying money to be more efficient. You can bootstrap markets where the devices are too expensive at first because these are so valuable to some people.

Until recently, over 98 percent of teachers just got one word of feedback: Satisfactory. If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better.

On my desk I have three screens, synchronized to form a single desktop. I can drag items from one screen to the next. Once you have that large display area, you'll never go back, because it has a direct impact on productivity.

I reboot [my Windows PC] every night.

I am not in competition with anyone but myself. My goal is to improve myself continuously.